On Sep 23, 2005, at 7:11 AM, Sean Davis wrote:
> Bytea columns are backed up appropriately using pg_dump/dumpall?
> The docs
> mention specifics about large objects, and I just wanted to check
> whether
> bytea is considered a large object in regard to backup.
Yes, bytea columns are dumped/restored as any other column type.
Large objects are a different type created using a separate API:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/largeobjects.html
John DeSoi, Ph.D.
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